Ueno Park is Tokyo's first public park It was opened in 1873. It occupies the former site of a temple built by the first Tokugawa Shogun.
Walking up the stairs to the park from Ueno Station
Saigo Takamori
He was born in 1828 and popularly known as "the last true Samurai"
The Tomb of the Shogi Tai
In memory of the Samurais who died in the 1868 Battle of Ueno
The Gojo Shrine is reached through a series of Torii
The Gojo Shrine
A Torii and these stone lamp posts lead to the Toshogu Shrine
Toshogu Shrine
The first Tokugawa Shogun, Ieyasu was buried here but later re-buried in Kyoto
Omikuji rack
The Great Buddhist Pagoda
A Buddha statue once stood here, but now only its head remains
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